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Atelopus lozanoi Osorno-Muñoz, Ardila-Robayo, and Ruiz-Carranza, 2001

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Bufonidae > Genus: Atelopus

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Atelopus lozanoi Osorno-Muñoz, Ardila-Robayo, and Ruiz-Carranza, 2001, Caldasia, 23: 512. Holotype: ICN 1301, by original designation. Type locality: "Colombia, Cundinamarca, Páramo de Palacio, quebradas 'Caliche' y 'Buitrago', ca 4° 23′ de latitud N, 73° 59′ de longitud Oeste de Greenwich, 3100-3500 m".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in the Páramo de Palacio, Cundinamarca, Colombia, 3000-3300 m elevation.

Comment

In the Atelopus ignescens group according to the original publication. Amézquita and Osorno-Muñoz, 2004, in Rueda-Almonacid et al. (eds.), Libro Rojo Anf. Colombia: 122-127, provided an account. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 169. Amézquita and Rueda-Almonacid, 2005, in Rueda-Almonacid et al. (eds.), Ranas Arlequines: 84, provided a brief account, photograph, and map.

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